Dimanche and Other Stories |
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| Author:
| Némirovsky, Irène |
| ISBN: | 978-1-299-01156-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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A never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of "Suite Francaise " Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Nemirovsky's bestselling novel "Suite Francaise" a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the...
More DescriptionA never-before-translated collection by the bestselling author of "Suite Francaise
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Written between 1934 and 1942, these ten gem-like stories mine the same terrain of Nemirovsky's bestselling novel "Suite Francaise" a keen eye for the details of social class; the tensions between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives; the manners and mannerisms of the French bourgeoisie; questions of religion and personal identity. Moving from the drawing rooms of pre-war Paris to the lives of men and women in wartime France, here we find the beautiful work of a writer at the height of her tragically short career.
"From the Trade Paperback edition."